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A few days ago, the news emerged that Chinese search engine Sogou is aiming to raise up to $585 million in a U.S. IPO. The news has caused a stir among those keeping an eye on the Chinese tech space; but for those of us who might not be up on the state of search in China, what do you need to know about Sogou? And what does a Sogou IPO mean for the wider search industry?

Mary Meeker may be a venture capitalist and not a local marketing specialist, but the main Internet trends affecting her world - the growth of mobile and mobile wallets, in particular - are crucial to ours, as well.

When you think search, no doubt you think Google. But there are other popular major search engines (e.g., Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and Baidu) that you can turn when searching for information, images, maps, videos, products, or something local.

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Alibaba is back in search, having quietly unveiled Aliyun Search, a product developed by the Chinese ecommerce giant’s cloud unit recently, a move that could have huge implications for reigning search engine Baidu and ecommerce in the country.

A new Google Shopping program, Google Shopping for Suppliers, was recently launched in beta to help "users searching for B2B products to quickly find what they’re looking for, evaluate options and connect with suppliers to make their purchases."

Yahoo's CEO shared her future plans, telling investors that the company will start to double down on things that made it successful in the past, like search and mail; and noted the Yahoo-Microsoft search alliance has "fallen below expectations."